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Tips for dealing with flooded basements in suburbsJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Just as soaked carpet and furniture had been hauled from basements to curbs, suburban homeowners faced the prospect of more heavy rain today. Exhausted, angry and fearin...
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Quinn signs bill to let semis drive 65 mphJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - There are new rules for trucks traveling Illinois’ roads due to legislation signed by Gov. Pat Quinn. One of the new measures will let trucks travel 65 mph like other ve...
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Preckwinkle wants to end low-level pot chargesJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - BC-IL — Marijuana Charges-Preckwinkle, 112 Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is asking Chicago’s police superintendent to stop making arrests for low-level ma...
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Rain sets July record, more on the wayJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Overnight rain proved to be just enough to break a record for the most rain recorded in Chicago for the month of July, snapping a record that had stood for 122 years. Th...
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Elk Grove officer suspended over gun placementJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - The Elk Grove Village Police and Fire Commission Thursday suspended police officer David Klingsporn for eight days without pay for violating the police department’s rule...
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Hoffman Estates offers home energy inspectionsJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Hoffman Estates is experiencing another brutal day of heat and humidity. Is your air conditioner working overtime to cool your house because of window and door air leaka...
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Groupon fires back, seeks to move lawsuit to Cook CountyJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Chicago-based Groupon has fired back in the latest lawsuit against it, saying claims that its daily deals are in violation of consumer protection laws are “manufactured,...
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Gay Softball World Series is coming to suburbsJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Aaron Brost lived the “Glee” life at Naperville Central High School before graduating in 1992. He had a large group of friends, mainly from the chorus. “We had an amazin...
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Rolling Meadows man gets 17 years for trying to kill wifeJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - A Cook County judge sentenced a Rolling Meadows man Thursday to 17 years in prison — one year for every stab wound he inflicted upon his wife in an attack last year that...
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Forecast: More rain could mean more flooding in next 24 hoursJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - If a weekend of floods that ruined carpets and furniture weren’t enough, violent storms with heavy rain struck again Wednesday night and into this morning less than a da...